In Lincoln's Inn, they gave up the hall and commons to the Northumberland Militia, under the command of Lord Algernon Percy; in some few of the city wards, the burgesses turned out, and without making a very fierce show, looked brave enough.

IT isn't often that we have a good word to say for politicians these days, so we feel the very least we can do is to offer a public message of thanks to our local Newcastle city ward councillors - especially John Shipley and Ron Clark - for their swift and positive response to a complaint we made recently.

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